CALSEIA 2017 Legislative Session Wrap-Up October 16, 2017 Bill Outcome CALSEIA Position AB 271 Oppose (Caballero) on Senate Floor/ Deal on AB 1284 (Dababneh) AB 378 (C.Garcia, Holden, and E. Garcia) AB 398 (Eduardo Garcia) AB 546 (Chiu) AB 634 (Eggman) AB 726 (Holden) Failed Assembly floor failed to get 2/3 vote 35-39-6 Failed held in Senate Rules. ONLY Opposed proposed anti-local solar and storage Summary Allows tax collector to remove delinquent PACE installments from the secured tax roll, rather than discretion of local government. Changes fundamentals of how PACE works and endangers important solar financing option. Veto threatened by Governor s office resulted in deal on AB 1284 (Dababneh). Original cap and trade bill that did not pass. See AB 398 (E Garcia). Extends CA Cap and Trade program through 2030. Gives certainty to overall program since passed each chamber by 2/3 votes, avoiding court challenges that consider it a tax that requires 2/3 vote. Extends exemption to sales and use tax for energy generation and storage to 2030 for installations on manufacturing locations and mostly large-scale installations. Requires storage permitting documents to be available and submitted online by 2019. Authorizes Governor s office to develop guidance on streamlined storage permitting processes. Removes 2/3 vote requirement to install solar on common area roofs on multifamily units in HOAs; adds new insurance requirements for solar on multifamily homes in HOAs. See AB 813 (Holden) description.
AB 797 (Irwin) AB 813 (Holden) AB 914 (Mullin) AB 920 (Aguiar- Curry) AB 1030 (Ting) Failed held in Senate Rules. Senate Failed Assembly and Utilities amends; neutral on others Cosponsor ONLY Opposed proposed anti-local solar and storage amends; neutral on others Cosponsor Extends the CSI Thermal rebate program for two years to Dec. 31, 2019 of roughly $100 million existing funds. Dedicates 50% of funds to low-income and disadvantaged communities, 10% of funds to industrial projects, and expands eligibility to residents using propane/wood in San Joaquin Valley. Along with AB 726 (Holden), was the vehicle for end-of-year omnibus energy bill that would have included: CAISO regional expansion and accelerated procurement for tax advantaged solar/wind. CCAs opposed latter provision since those new procurements would have been passed along those as non-bypassable charges. Other provisions discussed (but never included in bill text): RPS carve out for baseload renewable resources; Prohibition on third-party ownership of Distributed Resources relied upon to defer IOU distribution investments; Centralized procurement of large pumped hydro generation (w/preference for IOU ownership); other anti-local solar and storage amends floated. Requires CPUC to work with CAISO promote the consideration of the use of nonwire alternatives to address the state s transmission needs before the use of transmission wires. Requires CPUC and municiapal utilities to assess need for baseload renewable resources, and need to set procurement requirement. Previously 20% baseload Renewable Portfolio Standard. Required CPUC to establish local storage policies, including: 1) Create a compensation mechanism for benefits storage provide to grid; 2) Ensure that demand response programs prioritize
AB 1070 (Gonzalez Fletcher) AB 1088 (Eggman) AB 1184 (Ting) AB 1284 (Dababneh) Failed Vote 7-6-2 in Senate on Senate Floor opportunities for energy storage customers; 3) Ensure practical interconnection rules for energy storage; 4) Allow participation for storage in the wholesale market for energy services. 5) Create a rebate program dedicated to energy storage, and set a portion of the rebate program is earmarked for lowincome and disadvantaged communities. Increases consumer protection for solar customers. Requires Contractors State License Board on or before July 1, 2018, to develop a disclosure document that must be provided to consumers prior to sale, finance or lease of solar installation. CSLB reporting requirements and CPUC develop standard inputs for calculation and presentation of energy savings. Improve access to clean energy programs for apartment buildings and other multifamily dwellings. Requires the California Commission (CEC) to create multifamily expert advisory committee to develop strategies and recommendations to make information and enrollment more accessible to multifamily property owners and tenants. Directs CEC to set non-binding statewide 2030 targets for energy and greenhouse gas savings from the multifamily property sector. Amended by Senate Appropriations to become a study bill of existing electric vehicle programs. Originally $3 billion rebate program for electric vehicles and low-carbon transportation programs. Require PACE lenders to make a reasonable good faith effort to ensure borrowers have the ability to repay their loans based on income, assets and current debt obligations. Delegated decisions to the Department of Business Oversight, who will now have regulatory authority over PACE providers.
AB 1293 (Irwin) AB 1405 (Mullin) AB 1414 (Friedman) AB 1531 (Berman) SB 57 (Stern) SB 71 (Wiener) SB 92 (Gov Budget) SB 100 (de Leon) Failed held Held by author/gut and Amend to Different Bill Failed Urgency bill did not get 2/3 vote in Senate Floor in Asm Increases access to and transparency of energy and grid data from municipal utilities. Bill language became same as SB 338 (Skinner). CPUC and munis to consider distributed resources in Integrated Resource Planning. Initially Clean Peak Standard requiring increasing percentage of clean storage to meet peak demand. Cap on residential and commercial solar permitting fees extended for 7 more years to 2025 and expanded to groundmount systems and solar thermal, helping keep soft costs down across the state. Cap lowered from $500 for residential projects to $450. Commercial cap extended at existing $1000 (plus sliding scale). Removes cap on the local government Renewable Self-Generation Bill Credit Transfer program (RES-BCT). Moratorium on opening Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility until analysis of cause of October 2015 leak was determined and released to public. Formerly directed the California Commission to consider requiring the installation of either rooftop solar thermal or solar photovoltaic (PV) systems on all new construction subject to the existing Title 24 solar ready regulations. Provides clarity on funding requirements for AB 693 (Eggman, 2015) for lowincome affordable housing incentives to ensure that program is fully funded at up to $100 million per year for 10 years. Updates California s Renewable Portfolio Standard to 50% by 2025 and 60% by 2030 (currently 50% by 2030). Sets
SB 242 (Skinner) SB 297 (Dodd) SB 338 (Skinner) SB 356 (Skinner) SB 366 (Leyva) SB 518 (de Leon) SB 522 (Glazer) Senate Asm Assembly/Gut and Amend to Different Bill Held by Author/Gut and Amend to Different Bill 100% zero-carbon electricity goal by 2045. Provides additional consumer protections for Property Assessed Clean (PACE) financed projects. Mandates that PACE providers have calls with all homeowners before they take out the loan to ensure they understand the terms. Creates new requirements for lead generators of loans had possible PACE implications. Requires CPUC and municipal electric utilities to consider, as a part of the integrated resource plan process, the role of distributed energy resources to meet energy and reliability needs while reducing the need for new electricity generation and new transmission in achieving the state s energy goals at the least cost to ratepayers. (NOTE: Bill initially version of Clean Peak Standard, directing CPUC and CEC to establish policies and targets for meeting peak demand with clean storage, demand response or energy efficiency; similar to AB 1405 (Mullin).) Requires CPUC to increases access to and transparency of energy and grid data at investor owned utilities. Expanded Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program for low-income to 800 MW, and created program to for cap and trade funds to pay net costs for lowincome customers. Extension of Prop 39 energy efficiency and clean energy generation for schools. Alternative approach to AB 634 (Eggman) fixing problem of solar on common area roofs in HOA. Author held bill 4/20/17. SB 563 Creates new CARB rebate to replace
(Lara) wood burning stoves; includes solar thermal. SB 618 (Bradford) Requires that integrated resource plans contribute to a diverse and balanced portfolio of resources needed to ensure a reliable electricity supply that provides optimal integration of renewable energy resources in a cost-effective manner, meets specified emissions reduction targets for greenhouse gases, and prevents cost shifting among load-serving entities (defined as investor owned utilities, energy service providers and Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs)). NOTE: Originally had language that CPUC approve CCA resource plans, not just SB 692 (Allen) SB 700 (Wiener) SB 775 (Wieckows ki) SB 801 (Stern) Failed no Senate Environmental Quality hearing review. Requires ISO to undertake a stakeholder initiative to consider modification of the billing determinants to which the operator applies the transmission and wheeling access charges. Cosponsor Establishes Storage Initiative, 10 year rebate program for local storage that ramps down over time. Not less than 30% of funds for low-income or disadvantaged communities. Funds capped at current SGIP allocation, requires grid benefits, included workforce development, streamlined multi-family housing provisions. Alternate cap and trade revenue bill that never received a hearing. Encourages storage deployment in LA DWP territory.